Torn

[AverageMummy]

Mary - really torn on this name. Thoughts?

Don't like it. Prefer Maria but not very keen on that either!

I really like it. Classic, not overused and pretty.

Lovely.

I like it

Oh phew I thought the chosen name was “Torn”.

Mary is lovely.

It was my grandmothers name and my MILs name so seems very old fashioned to me but then so do many other names used now.
It does sound quite pretty - fairly religious connotations though so I don't know if that matters?

It's a little plain but nice enough and certainly inoffensive.

I like it.

@Casmama yes that’s my main reservation - but then with names like Noah being so popular now I wasn’t sure if it would have quite the same strength of religious association as it used to?

I prefer Marie as in Marie-Celeste or Marie-Claire....
But I went to catholic school and had Mary and all the virginity stuff jammed down my neck quite a bit.

Love it!

Love it! Not very common either.

Religious connotations but not so popular anymore, bit dull?

I think Marie is much softer and a lovely name

i like it, but maybe more of a middle name.

If you are Catholic it is still hugely religious. It’s a bit plain. Somewhat unadventurous and safe.

Love it. An elegant classic, and very underused.

Mary great for a grandma

It's a great name--sweet and unusual at the moment.
(I thought the name was "Tom" actually----my eyes must be tired!)

That goodness the name isn't torn.
Mary is a nice name, I would associate it with being Catholic.

The thing is, Noah doesn’t have religious connotations anymore because of its popularity, whereas Mary not being popular, religion is the first thing you think.

Honestly, I hear the name Mary and I think slightly dour, middle aged woman in a two set. Sorry!

I really like it.

My mother was Maria but everyone called her Mary.

Personally, I prefer Maria but I think they're both nice.

It's a bit drab and middle-aged. In fact not even middle-aged, the only Mary's I know are in their early 60s.

I really like it and I don't feel the religious connotations are overwhelming.
I would group it more with the classic simple names like Anna and Jane.